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Islamic

The Islamic collection contains c. 10,000 coins from across the Islamic world, with strong representation from the early caliphates (Umayyad and Abbasid) particularly in the region of Iraq and Iran. The collection is in the process of publication in the Sylloge of Islamic coins in the Ashmolean series (SICA) of which seven volumes have appeared so far – Volume 1 (The pre-reform coinage of the early Islamic period); volume 2 (Early post-reform coinage); volume 3 (Early Abbasid precious metal coinage); Volume 4 (Later Abbasid precious metal coinage); Volume 6 (The Egyptian dynasties); Volume 9 (Iran after the Mongol invasion); Volume 10 (Arabic and East Africa).

Islamic coin (HCR13397)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Kökbūrī, Muẓaffar al-Dīn Abū Naṣr, 1168 - 1233

Mint

Irbil (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

605 AH (=AD 1208-1209)

Obverse

(ضرب باربل) سنة / خمس؟ / و ستمائة, man riding on lion to left, Arabic inscription around beginning bottom, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

الناصر لدين الله / امير المؤمنين / ملك الامرا / مظفر الدنيا / و الدين كوكبري, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR13398)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Kökbūrī, Muẓaffar al-Dīn Abū Naṣr, 1168 - 1233

Mint

Irbil (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

605 AH (=AD 1208-1209)

Obverse

illegible, man riding on lion to left, obliterated Arabic inscription around beginning bottom, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

الناصر لدين الله / امير المؤمنين / ملك الامرا / مظفر الدنيا / و الدين كوكبري, Arabic inscription in field, obscured Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR13399)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Irbil (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 605 AH (=AD 1208-1209)

Obverse

illegible, man riding on lion to left, illegible Arabic inscription around beginning bottom, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

illegible, illegible Arabic inscription in field, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR13400)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Irbil (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 605 AH (=AD 1208-1209)

Obverse

illegible, man riding on lion to left, illegible Arabic inscription around beginning bottom, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

illegible, illegible Arabic inscription in field, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR13482)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

605 AH (=AD 1208-1209)

Obverse

الدين / الملك العادل / ابو بكر بن ايوب / سيف, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by festooned double trefoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

منين / الامام النصر / لدين الله امير / المؤ, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by festooned double trefoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR13614)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218, al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

605 AH (=AD 1208-1209)

Obverse

الملك / الظاهر غازي / ابن يوسف بن / ايوب, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded six pointed star, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise from 1h, all enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two linear circles

Reverse

الامام / الناصر احمد / الملك العادل / ابو بكر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded six pointed star, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise from 1h, all enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two linear circles

Islamic coin (HCR15118)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Ulugh Tughril-Khān

Mint

Kāsān (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

605? AH (=AD 1208-1209)

Obverse

الله / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول / الله الناصر / لدين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain lobed square and plain circle connected by four pellets, margin illegible

Reverse

برهاني / الخاقان المعظم / معز الدنيا و الد / ين الغ طغرل / خان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, margin illegible

Islamic coin (HCR13165)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-’Adil Sayf al-Dīn Abū Bakr (al-'Adil I; Ayyūbid), Nāṣir al-Dīn Artuq Arslān (Artuqid), 1200 - 1240

Mint

Mārdīn (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

606 AH (=AD 1209-1210)

Obverse

الملك العالم العادل ناصر الدين ارتق ارسلان ملك ديار بكر, man riding leopard to left, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

الامام النصر / لدين الله امير / المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription to left and right, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR13166)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-’Adil Sayf al-Dīn Abū Bakr (al-'Adil I; Ayyūbid), Nāṣir al-Dīn Artuq Arslān (Artuqid), 1200 - 1240

Mint

Mārdīn (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

606 AH (=AD 1209-1210)

Obverse

الملك العالم العادل ناصر الدين ارتق ارسلان ملك ديار بكر, man riding leopard to left, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13167)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-’Adil Sayf al-Dīn Abū Bakr (al-'Adil I; Ayyūbid), Nāṣir al-Dīn Artuq Arslān (Artuqid), 1200 - 1240

Mint

Mārdīn (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

606 AH (=AD 1209-1210)

Obverse

الملك العالم العادل ناصر الدين ارتق ارسلان ملك ديار بكر, man riding leopard to left, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13168)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-’Adil Sayf al-Dīn Abū Bakr (al-'Adil I; Ayyūbid), Nāṣir al-Dīn Artuq Arslān (Artuqid), 1200 - 1240

Mint

Mārdīn

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

606 AH (=AD 1209-1210)

Obverse

الملك العالم العادل ناصر الدين ارتق ارسلان ملك ديار بكر, man riding leopard to left, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13169)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-’Adil Sayf al-Dīn Abū Bakr (al-'Adil I; Ayyūbid), Nāṣir al-Dīn Artuq Arslān (Artuqid), 1200 - 1240

Mint

Mārdīn (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

606 AH (=AD 1209-1210)

Obverse

الملك العالم العادل ناصر الدين ارتق ارسلان ملك ديار بكر, man riding leopard to left, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13195)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustanṣir, 1226 - 1242, al-Kāmil Muḥammad, 1218 - 1238, Nāṣir al-Dīn Artuq Arslān (Artuqid), 1200 - 1240

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

606 AH (=AD 1209-1210)

Obverse

. . . . . .ين ارتق ارسلان ملك ديار بكر, man riding leopard to left, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Reverse

المستنصر / امير / بالله / المؤمنين, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR13360)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-’Adil Sayf al-Dīn Abū Bakr (al-'Adil I; Ayyūbid), al-Mu’aẓẓam Mu’izz al-Dīn Maḥmūd, 1208 - 1241

Mint

al-Jazīra (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

606 AH (=AD 1209-1210)

Obverse

الملك المعظم محمود بن سنجرشاه الناصري, facing crowned bust holding large upturned crescent in front below, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

الامام الاعظم / الناصر لدين الله / امير المؤمنين / الملك العادل / ابو بكر بن ايوب, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13362)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-’Adil Sayf al-Dīn Abū Bakr (al-'Adil I; Ayyūbid), al-Mu’aẓẓam Mu’izz al-Dīn Maḥmūd, 1208 - 1241

Mint

al-Jazīra (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

606 AH (=AD 1209-1210)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13479)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218, al-Kāmil Muḥammad, 1218 - 1238

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

[606] AH (=AD 1209-1210)

Obverse

عال / الملك العادل / ابو بكر محمد بن ايوب / و ولي عهده محمد / الملك الكامل / غاية, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two linear circles, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from ?h

Reverse

الاامام احمد / ابو العباس / النصر لدين الله / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two linear circles, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from ?h

Islamic coin (HCR13483)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

[60]6 AH (=AD 1209-1210)

Obverse

Reverse

المؤ / الامام النصر / لدين الله امير / منين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by festooned double trefoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR13615)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

606 AH (=AD 1209-1210)

Obverse

الملك / الظاهر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded six pointed star, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise from 1h, all enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two linear circles

Reverse

الامام / الناصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded six pointed star, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise from 1h, all enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two linear circles